Skip to Content

Massively has the latest Warhammer Online news, guides and analysis!
AOL Tech

Filed under: OS, Leopard

24 Hours of Leopard: Spotlight

Feature: Spotlight

How it works: Spotlight was another Tiger innovation that just never quite lived up to its billing. It was hobbled by slowdowns and some bad design decisions on Apple's part regarding what sort of searches you could run. While it's a bit too early to say if it's substantially faster at least Leopard Spotlight goes part of the way towards improving things by allowing you to run Boolean searches with the AND, OR, and NOT operators as well as narrow your search results in various ways. In addition, like Google, Spotlight now knows how to add and define words, so you can run simple arithmetical calculations (e.g. "7+5") or look up words in the dictionary, just by typing them into the Spotlight search box. Spotlight can now also search other Macs on the same local network as well.

Who will use it: Everyone who needs to find things on their Mac(s).

Recent Posts

Relevant Posts

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Tip of the Day

Catch all of TUAW's ongoing Macworld coverage at www.tuaw.com/macworld2009


Follow us on Twitter!

Sponsored Links

Featured Galleries

DNC Macs
Macworld 2008 Keynote
Macworld 2008 Build-up
Google Earth for iPhone
Podcaster
Cucchiaio d'Argento
Scrabble for iPhone
Apple Vanity Plates
Apple booth Macworld 07
DiscPainter
2009CupertinoBus
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D
Macworld Expo 2007 show floor
Apple Texas Hold 'Em
The Macworld Faithful in Line
iPhone First Look
Facebook 2 for iPhone
TUAW at Macworld 2009 -- North Hall
2009 Macworld Day One
Beejive 2.0
Aurora Feint

 

More Apple Analysis